Love can be expressed in many ways through dance, a theme that will be explored at A Continuation of Love at The Rex Theatre in Manchester on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 4:00 p.m.

A Dance Fundraiser with catered food, drinks, raffles, and a silent auction integrated throughout the performance, A Continuation of Love features professional dancers from NSquared Dance Company, most of whom are originally from New Hampshire. The special event is presented by New Hampshire Dance Collaborative (NHDC).

“There is so much homegrown artistic talent in our state,” said noted NHDC Founder Joan Brodsky, who commented on the deeper purpose behind the event. “We’d like to change the misperception that you have to go to Boston or New York City to find high-caliber dance and theater. This performance is an opportunity to see exquisite dance in a historic Manchester theater.”

For Zack Betty, Co-Founder of NSquared Dance, A Continuum of Love also underscores their status as a nonprofit organization. He said their mission is to create versatile performances that invite local communities to experience, better understand, and feel empowered by dance as a vehicle for creative change.

“Dance embodies personal expression and communication for all—whether traditional, celebratory, commemorative, or as protest,” he said. “We invite people to embrace the joy of movement within yourself to uncover a unique world of self-expression through dance.”

In addition to dance, food, libations, and a silent auction, the event will feature several speakers, including Tina Philibotte, Chief Equity Officer for the Manchester school system.

“Dance has an important place within the arts in New Hampshire,” said Brodsky. “This event will be as informative as it is inspiring.”

A Continuation of Love takes place at 4:00 p.m. at The Rex Theatre in Manchester, New Hampshire on Sunday, Feb. 18.

Photo Credit: Matthew Lomanno

On Feb. 16–18 and Mar 1–3 at Bank of NH Stage in Concord and The Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith, respectively, theatre KAPOW will present On The Exhale. A full-length drama by Martin Zimmerman, On The Exhale offers a complex examination of America’s gun violence crisis.

“The performance will take the audience down the proverbial rabbit hole of grief experienced by one woman whose life is changed by a senseless act of violence,” said KAPOW Managing Director and co-founder Carey Cahoon.

This grief will be personally explored by Cahoon, who will portray the woman in the performance. “What makes this play so impactful is its complex treatment of the subject of gun violence,” she said.

This complexity is revealed through the character’s emerging (and unexpected) fascination with the gun itself and “the feeling of power that comes from holding life and death in her hands.” “The woman comes to realize that we are all part of the problem,” said Cahoon.

Senior Fellow in the New Hampshire Dance Collaborative’s NH Dance Accelerator, KAPOW is a Manchester-based nonprofit founded in 2008 with a mission to explore the truths of human experience through the passion and electricity of live theatre.

“On The Exhale reflects our mission and season’s theme of ‘where we are,’” said Cahoon. “In this theme, we ask questions about the land we are on, the time in which we are living, and who we are. We invite our audiences to ask these questions as they experience our plays.”

On The Exhale takes place on Feb. 16 – 18 and Mar 1 – 3 at Bank of NH Stage in Concord and The Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith, respectively.